Tanker Spills Gas Off Alaskan Coast
A tanker ran aground in a narrow channel in Alaska’s scenic Inside Passage, spilling about 57,600 gallons of gasoline, the Coast Guard said Sunday.
The 400-foot motor vessel Frank H. Brown slammed into Burnt Island reef about 18 miles south of Petersburg, a town in southeastern Alaska, Saturday night, said Lt. Rick Janelle in Juneau. One tank was ruptured, but the leak was stopped within hours, Janelle said.
Coast Guard and state officials said the spill was unlikely to cause widespread environmental damage because gasoline evaporates quickly, and there were no immediate plans to try to remove the gasoline.
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